Editing GeoServer (section)

{{short description|Open-source geospatial data server, written in Java}}
{{Infobox Software 
| name                   = GeoServer
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| released               = {{Start date|2001}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/introduction/history.html|title=History — GeoServer 2.21.x User Manual|accessdate=31 March 2022}}</ref>
| developer              = [[Boundless Spatial]], [[GeoSolutions]], [[Refractions Research]]
| operating_system       = [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|MS-Windows]], [[macOS]], [[POSIX]] compliant systems 
| genre                  = [[Geographic information system]] 
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| programming language   = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| website                = http://geoserver.org
}}

In [[computing]], '''GeoServer''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] server written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] that allows users to share, process and edit [[Geographic information system|geospatial data]]. Designed for interoperability, it publishes data from any major spatial data source using [[open standard]]s.  GeoServer has evolved to become an easy method of connecting existing information to [[virtual globe]]s such as [[Google Earth]] and [[NASA World Wind]] as well as to web-based maps such as [[OpenLayers]], [[Leaflet (software)|Leaflet]], [[Google Maps]] and [[Bing Maps]].  GeoServer functions as the [[reference implementation]] of the [[Open Geospatial Consortium]] [[Web Feature Service]] standard, and also implements the [[Web Map Service]], [[Web Coverage Service]] and [[Web Processing Service]] specifications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geoserver.org/|title=GeoServer|website=geoserver.org|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>